Wide Load

Those huge Guinness tanks which hold 1,000,000 pints in each will be making the move from Dún Laoghaire Harbour to Diageo Plant at Victoria Quay over a few nights in March and on Tuesday night February 26th

These will be exceptionally sized loads and the first one will leave Dún Laoghaire Harbour on Tuesday night at 10 PM and should arrive at Victoria Quay around 6 AM

The route the convoy will take is as follows:

Dún Laoghaire Harbour – Monkstown Crescent – Rock Road – Merrion Road – Shelbourne Road – Grand Canal Street Upper- Clanwilliam Place - Mount Street Lower - Merrion Square North - Clare Street - Contra Flow will be in place on Leinster Street South - Nassau Street – Grafton Street Lower and College Green. Convoy will then continue along Westmorland Street – Aston Quay – continue along South Quays and enter the Diageo Plant at Victoria Quay.


Traffic diversions will be in place along the route and in the city centre for the duration of the movement. Please use alternative routes when travelling in these areas. Parking restrictions will also be in place along the route.

The dates in March when the other wide loads will come into town are as follows. 

 5th / 6th March 2013

· 19th / 20th March 2013

· 26th / 27th March 2013